Description
Synthetic Biology: Life’s Extraordinary New Worlds. This course provides a non-specialist introduction to this emerging field. It is transforming a variety of fields, including healthcare, agriculture, and environmental science. Synthetic biology uses the molecules of life to answer scientific questions and engineer living organisms for the benefit of humanity. Its applications are broad and include gene editing, metabolic engineering, food production, and environmentally friendly technologies. Researchers in the field are working on topics as diverse as DNA computers, reviving extinct species, developing life support systems for space travel, and even creating non-DNA life forms. In this course, Professor Milton Muldrow Jr. of Wilmington University explains how to decode the DNA molecule in eighteen half-hour lectures. Topics include an overview of the Human Genome Project and the ability to write DNA for specific purposes. He also examines CRISPR technology, a precise gene editing method that won the 2020 Nobel Prize, and demonstrates the key role of hybrid biology in developing vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the course examines the risks and potential negative consequences of the misuse of this technology for humans and the biosphere, and discusses possible solutions to mitigate these threats.
What you will learn
- Introduction to hybrid biology:
- Understand what synthetic biology is and how it is being used.
- Genetic engineering:
- Discovering how genes are read and written to engineer new forms of life.
- Environmental applications:
- Exploring the applications of synthetic biology to combat climate change.
- Ethical considerations and risks:
- Exploring potential abuses of synthetic biology.
- Applications beyond science:
- A review of applications of synthetic biology that really sound like science fiction.
This course is suitable for people who:
- Non-specialists who want to learn about synthetic biology and its impacts on everyday life.
- Students, pupils, and the general public interested in life sciences, technology, and the future of life.
- Those seeking to understand the role of synthetic biology in modern medicine, including vaccine development and gene editing.
- People who want to be aware of the ethical considerations and potential risks associated with advances in synthetic biology.
- Those interested in advanced research projects such as DNA computers, the revival of extinct species, and life engineering.
Synthetic Biology: Life’s Extraordinary New Worlds Course Details
- Publisher: TheGreatCoursePlus
- Instructor: Milton Muldrow Jr.
- Training level: Beginner to advanced
- Training duration: 9 hours and 1 minute
- Number of lessons: 18
Course headings
- SynBio Uses Life to Solve Problems
- Reading DNA: SynBio’s First Tool
- Writing DNA: Printing Synthetic Genes
- Editing DNA: CRISPR Supercharges SynBio
- DNA Computers: DNA to Store and Process Data
- Directed Evolution: Let Nature Drive Discovery
- Metabolic Engineering: Getting More Product
- The Overlapping Revolutions of SynBio and AI
- SynBio Foods, Wearables, and Implantables
- Regenerative Medicine for a Better Life
- SynBio Therapies against Cancer
- Synthetic Virology and Faster Vaccines
- SynBio Is Also a World of New Risks
- SynBio for Eco-fuels and Pest Elimination
- De-extinction and Rescuing the Endangered
- SynBio for Survival in Outer Space?
- Xenobiology: Going beyond DNA
- Quantum Biology and the Future of SynBio
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